Bag holder



T. McCART.

BAG HOLDER.

APPucATloN man JAN.21.1921.

PatentedMay 2-, 1922.

mama; M060# THOMAS MccAR'r, or SPOKANE, WAsHrNG'roN.

BAG HOLDER.

Specification of Letters vPatent.

Patented MayZ, 1922.

` Application filed January 2"?, 1921. Seriall No. 440,360.

T0 all whom t may concern.' l

Be it known that I, TrroMAs MCCART, a citizen off the United States,residing at Spokane, in' Spokane County and-State of Washington, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Bag Holders, of whichthe following is a specication.

My present invention relates to improvements in bag holders forretaining sacks or bags in position while being filled, and involves asupporting stand which is comparatively light in weight, inexpensive tomanufacture, durable, and comparatively simple in construction. Theminimum number of parts involved in the complete structure readilyadapts the device for facile manipulation to hold and-suspend the bag tobe filled. In combination with the stand I utilize a detachable andseparable funnel device which co-acts with the stand or supportingstructure to hold the open end of the bag in order that it may be filledwith facility.

The invention consists `in certain novel combinations and arrangementsbetween the supporting stand or structure and the funnel device, and incertain novel features of construction, as will be hereinafter morefully pointed out and claimed. Y

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated one complete example ofthe physical embodiment of my invention wherein the parts are combinedand arranged according to the best mode I have thus far devised for thepractical application of the principles of my invention.

In the preferred form of the invention as illustrated in the drawings-Figure 1 is a transverse vertical sectional view of the funnel orfeeding chute.

Figure 2 is a view complementary to Figure 1, the section being takenthrough the base ring of the supporting stand, and a portion of it beingbroken away for convenience of illustration.

Fi re 3 is a detail plan view from the bottom of the base ringdisclosing the construction of one of the pockets or sockets` for thesupporting legs of the stand.

Figure 4 is a view in side elevation illustrating a bag held in theholder ready to be filled.

Preferably all parts of the device are made up of sheet metal which isreadily stamped or pressed to shape in suitable machines and the partsare fashioned in complementary sizes and shapes for ready manipulationin assembling and utilizing the device. Thusthebase ring l, which is off inverted U-shape in cross section is stamped or bent to form ina'suitable machine and fashioned with an inner, spaced wall 2 that iscorrugated and tapers with its wall taperwardly. The base ring isdisposed in horizontal position and supported upon a plurality of legs 3of which three are illustrated, spaced at regular intervals about thering and diverging therefrom to form a wide base for support. At theirupper ends these legs are inserted into and retained by friction incomplementary sockets or pockets 4 open at their lower ends for thereception of the legs and fashioned in the outer wall 1 of the base ringby suitable dies or presses in offset relation to the periphery of thering, as indicated in Figure 3. The inner wall of each of these pocketsor sockets is vformed by off-setting the inner wall 2 of the ring', asat 5, and this wall 5 extends across the pocket and is secured to theouter wall of the base ring by spaced rivets 6, thus forming a strong,compact, but simple device for the reception of the upper ends of thelegs 3. The legs are of required length to insure proper altitude forthe base ring and 'they form a rigid and stable support for the ringwhen the bag holder is in use.

In conjunction with the base ring I utilize an inverted frusto-conicalfeed chute or funnel 7 with an upper wide flaring edge, and a lowerportion 8 made up of off-set rings complementary to the corrugations oroffset rings of the inner wall 2 of the base ring of the stand.The'funnel is an integral piece made up of stamped or pressed sheetmetal complementary in size to the base` ring, and its utility will beapparent for holding the bag 9 by its upper edge 10. In applying thebag, its edge 10 is brought up inside the base ring and turned,slightly, over the top edge of the base ring while the funnel is placedin position. By pressing down on the funnel or feed chute the upper edgeof the bag is frictionally held between the outer face of thehorizontally corrugated tapered funnel andthe complementar-y inner wallof the base ring, and the increased friction, due to the action of thecomplementary corrugations of the two elements, holds the bag securelywhile being filled with material poured or. emptied in l Whole devicemay be stored incompact orm through the funnel or chute. After the bagis filled the funnel may be Withdrawn, and the bag` removed and replacedby an empty one for filling. The legs may readily .be detached fromnormal position by ivithdrawing them from their sockets, and, together vwith the `base ring and funnel, the

when not in use.

From the above dGSeription taken vin connection ywith iny drawings itIis apparent that yI have provideda device of lthis character WhhCompletely 1]":ullls lthe requirements previously set forth and performsits functions in a highly satisfactory manner.

What l claim as new and desire to 'secure' by Letters Patent `.is--

The combination with a supporting ring inner Wall, of a funnel ofinverted frustoconical shape having lan youtwardly liar-ing ,V25

upper portion andadapted to :be seated and retain pa bag in the innerWall of said ring as described, and ylegs insaid sockets.v

Intestimony whereof I afiix rny signature.

THOS. MGCART.

